Brooks's dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus brooksi'') is a species of

megabat Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera ( bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera ''Acerodon'' and '' Pteropus''— flying foxes. They are the only member of the s ...

in the family Pteropodidae

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Sumatra. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the

dayak fruit bat The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus spadiceus'') is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of ...

. It is named for Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected the type specimen near Bencoolen and presented it to Oldfield Thomas.Ann.mag.Nat.Hist. (1920) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637052#page/295

References

Dyacopterus Bats of Indonesia Bat, Brooks's dyak fruit Bat, Brooks's dyak fruit Vulnerable fauna of Asia Mammals described in 1920 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{fruit-bat-stub